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Grendel

John Gardner

Grendel

John Gardner

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    • Summary - Chapter Summaries & Analyses - Character Analysis - Themes - Symbols & Motifs - Important Quotes - Essay Topics - Introduction - Before Reading - During Reading - After Reading

    Grendel Essay Topics

    1.

    Analyze Gardner’s use of humor. How does it enhance the pathos of Grendel’s experience? How does it detract from the emotion?

    2.

    Describe Grendel’s relationship with his mother. How might a psychoanalytic reading of the novel as a whole interpret this relationship?

    3.

    Some scholars consider Grendel a postmodern masterpiece. Consider the characteristics of postmodernism, and evaluate this statement.

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    John Gardner
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